The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-07-16

Susan Coolidge has parrot which
Is said 10 quote passages from her
novels.
General Stevenson. OF Illinois, was
the founder Of the Grand Army OF tho
Republic.
Count Iolstoi, the Russian novelist,
II an expert shoemaker and mends
his own dlothes.
The musical prodigy Of Dakota II
said To be little 4-year-old Blanche
Eanier Of Valley City.
Queen Margaret Of Italy has estab-
lished an asylum for the blind Ina the
Baths ~ Diocletian AT Rome.
George Bancroft. the historian, never
fails To pass an early hour of the warm
weather among his rose bushes.
A woman who counts her children
10 the number Of twenty-eight has been
pensioned by the Mexican government.
1.-THE Create hief-withont-a-Scalp" Is
The title given 10 the Prince of Wales
BY the Indians Of the Cody band in
London.
Baroness Bnrdette-Coutts Is large
purchaser of American buckwheat
which i canned ready for the griddle
for the London market.
The Hebrew population Of Jerusalem
Is increasing. IL is now l9.050. the
largest number since Titus destroyed
the sacred city, A. ID. 40.
A Vermont (lll.) farmer planted
snnflower seed To each hill of beans.
The stalk serves for pole while the
seed makes excellent chicken-feed.
The Marqnise de Mores. who used to
be Miss Hutton and is now the wife OF
the niarqnise OF cowboy fame. is
talented artist in black and white.
Lafcadio Hearn. Of the New Orleans
Times Democrat. has removed To New
York To engage ia literary work that
will take him to the West Indies.
Mrs. j. Wells Champncy. wife of the
artist and author of Three VassaT
Girls. Is among the most enthusiastic
of the New York Photographic guild.
Justice Lopez. one of the leading En-
glish judges, was lassoed by three
year-0ld papoose while strolling
through Buffalo Bills show in Lon
don
AN eel can live out Of water for az
least eighteen days A Kentucky
tNonel can live without water for
whole lifetime. kenfuckg State Jour
nal
Rev. Mr. Tong, Chinese Baptist
preacher. delivers celebrations la front
nf large pagan temple ia Chinatown,
san Francisco. every Sunday after
noon.
A calf near Oxford. Fla. had two
splits in one ear and an underbit ia the
other at its birth. aud the eyes aud
horns ia the place where only the eyes
should lac.
There are lG. 939 old soldiers regis
tered on the Grand Army of the Re-
public books OF Kansas. One thousand
names have been added during the
last three months.
A North Carolina clergyman not
only refused Ia marry an clipping
couple. but arrested the bride and
autographed her father that he held her
subject 10 his orders.
Prince Bismarck's two sons are two
az the hardest workers In Germany.
They begin regularly at = in the morn
Ing and often remain AT their labors
until far into the night.
Edward Everett Hale told the
students of Cornell that the best op-
lortunity of studying human nature
WAS To be- had by entering the pro-
fesslon Of the schoolmaster.
A Vermont boy learned TO make
cider brandy in his mothers teapot
from the information concerning the
physiological effect Of alcohol" con-
tanned ia one of his obligatory text
hooks.
Many American ladies In London are
said "a be- unable to find ready-mads
shoes there small enough 10 iit them.
the average of the American being
greatly below the average English foot
la size.
Miss Minnie Hershey, employed ON
the Falls City (Neb) Neacs. Is said to
hn the fastest compositor Ia the state.
The editor of the kews offers to back
her against any man la the state in q
sspe-setting match.
Deacon George White Of Seymour.
ihH's hitr b''h " ilctitu iIotn the chuIcu
Tor declaring his belief that the world
j. 600, 900 years old and that IL is like
w 90 stand for another before the
judgment day comes.
Andrew Carnegie's furnaces at Pitts
bury are said 10 make AS much iron per
year rs was made in the entire country
ia 1861 Pittsburg claims 10 have the
largest stccl-metfing establishment In
the world The city melts 500 tons per